Customer Charge: The customer charge is to recover those costs incurred in makingservice available including meter and meter reading costs, billing. recordkeeping and customer service costs.

Energy Charge:The energy charge is to recover costs associated with producing and distributing electricity. Customers have two rate options:

Standard - Seasonal energy charges, with the Summer season (May through October) charge higher than in the Winter season (November through April) charge. During the Summer season, all energy use in excess of 600 kWh is billed at a higher rate than the first 600 kWh.

Time of Use - Customers that can easily reduce their energy use on weekdays (Monday through Friday), between 12p.m. and 8 p.m., during the Summer season (May through October) can benefit from this energy charge option due to its significantly lower price than the Standard rate option.

This rider is established to recover Renewable Portfolio Standard ("RPS") Compliance Costs.

Franchise Fees

This charge recovers the fee assessed by a governmental entity for the right or privilege of rendering utility service within its corporate boundaries.

Taxes

This charge recovers the tax assessed by a governmental entity for utility service rendered.

Below are all the tariff schedules applicable to all residential customers.

To view the tariffs, click the appropriate rate below. The tariff schedules are saved in PDF format, so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print them. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for free from the Adobe website. Click here to download.

You are entitled to receive information about the rates you are charged and the services available to you. Such information can be obtained by calling the El Paso Electric Customer Services Call Center at (915) 543-5970 or 1-800-351-1621. You may also make your request through e-mail to the following e-mail address: Rate Research

Disclaimer: The tariff schedules provided above are for informational purposes only. The official tariff schedules are on file with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission and shall prevail in the event of any differences. El Paso Electric Company makes no warranty or representation that a particular tariff schedule chosen by a customer is available to or suitable for that customer. Customers are encouraged to contact El Paso Electric Company directly to make certain of the applicability of a desired tariff schedule for their service requirements.